Got out for a quick hunt this tonight. Hit an Eagle button right off the bat, when I finished digging set my digger in the hole and all you could see was just the tip so i'm saying around 10 or 11 inches. Went on to pull a three ringer and some brass doodads. I'm really starting to like my goldbug. It's so much lighter than my MXT, and apparently just as powerful. I was running gain wide open disc. at 48. Good luck this weekend!